News: 10/5/12 - All new members are REQUIRED to fill out the signature section of your profile. Otherwise, you may be deleted from the forum. This is to help me determine if you are a member or if you are a spammer. Thank you.

9/22/12 - I ask that you please add a signature line to your profiles on the Cletrac Forum to help me to determine who is spam and who is not. You don't need to drop everything and do this immediately, but please do it when you get a minute and you are visiting the forum. Just go to http://cletrac.org/forum2010/index.php?action=profile and put something in the signature area. If you no longer want to be a member on the Cletrac Forum, please remove your membership.

8/10/11 - Added a new board: Trucking and Hauling

5/30/11 - Just added several new pictures to the Photo Gallery, including several Alfta Track OC-4 working in snow logging, several from the Chicago Road Show, and some from a logging show (not all Oliver/Cletrac). All these pictures are from around 1963 and were scanned from old slides given to me by my late friend John W. Davis. Go to the Photo Gallery and click on "NEW" to see these pictures. Quality is marginal, but I think you will enjoy them.

2/13/11 - Just added a new board "New members introduce yourselves here".

Folks, I just added a new photo gallery where you can upload your own pictures with descriptions, etc. Right now this is in the beta testing stage to see how it works out. Give it a try, but please keep a backup copy of your pictures just in case we decide to use something else. I would prefer you use your real name on the photo gallery, but if you really don't want to, please use the same username as on the forum. Please put your images into the proper categories and take care when your write out your descriptions and image names so people can search for them. I am learning this as we go. At least at the beginning, I have it set up where the administrator has to approve members. I am afraid we may get porn spam in here if we leave it open. To get to the photo gallery, use this link: http://cletrac.org/photos/

Folks, when you join the forum, or when you get the chance to update your Profile, please be sure to put your location and interests. Filling out your signature would help as well. I've been getting some spammers joining and posting links to sites that are completely unrelated to Cletrac or Oliver, or anything to do with tractors. It would make it easier for me, as well as all the other members, if you guys would put your location and interest in your profile. See http://cletrac.org/forum2010/index.php?topic=1299.msg5184#msg5184

Well, I got my wxlc3 Hercules engine out of the m2 and taken apart. All looks great, but need a good cleaning, I will blast engine with black diamond and paint grey. I got a nos gen. and voltage reg. and gauges to go back one.

Hopefully we'll get some responses for you VJ. Sometimes things get slow here.

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My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

Well, still doing a few things on the mg-1 or m2 hst. I got piston rings from hasting, and got them back in the wxlc3 engine. Did blasting on several parts and primered. Also got hold of other m2 folks, so all is looking good. It take time to restore anything, but its a lot of fun.

Glad you're getting some good information here. I wish some of the other guys would jump in.

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My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

I don't visit the site too often but I do have a restored M2 that is close to 100%. I have a second for parts. Is there anything specific that you have questions? Love to see pictures of your progress. Where are you located?

thanks od-gmc well , I don,t have much done on the m2. When I get the engine running , Ill send a picture. the m2 is all apart now, but got some parts blasted and painted. hood,pto, gas tank, tank support, fire wall. I done the valves, all done but lost one half valve lock. must been in the oil pan. This m2 need a lot of work but that fun for me. I will restore what I got, then go from there. I got 3 halftrack, ww2, 5 ton ihc semi. cckw bomb truck but cckw need restoring. I need to finish my 70 dodge challanger440 six pak, I live in TN. an army retiree. huey and Blackhawk crewchief. thanks wendell

Glad you found some of the valve locks. I do have some of needed. I also have a CCKW353 that is currently under restoration. I am also fairly close it you in the Greenville, SC area. You can contact me directly at cletrac.m2@gmail.com if needed.

scott. all I can say is , WOW That is one of the nices m2 I.ve seen. You sure did a great job on this one. Thanks for the pictures. I got a cckw 353 m27 b1 bomb truck to restore, and I am also buying a cckw 353 cargo tipper , all was for the ww2 air corp. I will send a email. thanks wendell

Thanks for your kind comments. As you well know a lot of work goes into them. If you find yourself in the upstate SC area give me a call. Also let me know if you need any information or parts on the Cletrac.